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The Battleship Potemkin
by Sergei Eisenstein
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25 editions published between 1950 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 1,451 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A partly fictitious account of the Potemkin mutiny at Odessa during the 1905 revolution
Alexander Nevsky
by Sergei Eisenstein
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11 editions published between 1938 and 2006 in Russian and English and held by 657 WorldCat member libraries worldwide "Biographical story of Prince Alexander Nevsky and his successful resistance against an attempt by the Teutonic Knights to invade Russia in 1242"--Worldcat, as viewed on April 19, 2007
Moscow does not believe in tears
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2 editions published between 1981 and 2004 in Russian and English and held by 365 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A romantic comedy about three small town working-class girls who go to Moscow in 1958 to pursue their big city dreams. Each does so in a different way and the story shows how their lives have turned out 20 years later
Soli︠a︡ris Solaris
by Andreĭ Arsenʹevich Tarkovskiĭ
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5 editions published between 1981 and 2002 in Russian and French and held by 329 WorldCat member libraries worldwide On the water planet Solaris human space explorers encounter a unique and radical intelligence. Contact between man and this entity stretches the limits of reason and insanity, knowledge and comprehension
Repentance
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7 editions published between 1984 and 1989 in Georgian and Russian and held by 174 WorldCat member libraries worldwide In a small Georgian village a woman is put on trial for repeatedly digging up the body of the town's recently deceased ruler. The trial gradually reveals the truth about the despot's vicious reign of terror, and forces the townspeople to face the reality of his (and the Soviet Union's) monstrous inhumanity during the Stalinist era
Oblomov
by Nikita Mikhalkov
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9 editions published between 1981 and 1998 in Russian and held by 170 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A comedic drama about a landed gentry of nineteenth-century Russia whose indolence destroys his life
Siberiade
by Andreĭ Mikhalkov-Konchalovskiĭ
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2 editions published between 1982 and 1994 in Russian and English and held by 137 WorldCat member libraries worldwide An epic romantic drama about three generations of two feuding families, the rich Solomins and the poor Ustyuzhanins, of a rural Siberian village, from the time of the Russian Revolution to the present-day exploration of hidden resources of Siberian soil
The Lady with the dog
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4 editions published between 1959 and 1989 in Russian and held by 123 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A film adaptation of Chekov's story about a bored, middle-aged, married banker from Moscow who meets a young married woman while on vacation in Yalta at the beginning of the century. They drift into an affair that turns into true love, yet the conventions of society and the couple's need to feel respectable force them to return to their old lives
Tini zabutykh predkiv
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2 editions published between 1965 and 1988 in Ukrainian and held by 122 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The heartbreaking story of Ivan and Marichka, whose love blooms, only to brutally die, in the remote Carpathian Mountains of medieval Russia. The story of Ivan and Marichka, star-crossed lovers separated by a family feud, in the remote Carpathian Mountains of medieval times. The director combined unreal colors and influences from experimental films, the New Wave, cinema-verite documentaries, and Japanese cinema to create an impressionistic treatment of a Carpathian legend
The Tsar's bride an opera
by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
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4 editions published between 1985 and 2007 in Russian and held by 122 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The story of a young girl who is chosen against her will by Tsar Ivan the Terrible to be his bride
Moskva sljesam nje jerit Moscow does not believe in tears
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4 editions published between 1981 and 2004 in Russian and held by 113 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A romantic comedy about three young, working-class, country girls, who go to Moscow in 1958 to seek work, men, and success. Looks at the results of their expedition in 1978
Die mörder sind unter uns The murderers are among us
by Wolfgang Staudte
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8 editions published between 1998 and 2006 in German and English and held by 108 WorldCat member libraries worldwide In the aftermath of World War II, Susanne Wallner returns from a concentration camp to find that her Berlin apartment is occupied by Dr. Hans Mertens, a former officer in the German army who has been severely traumatized by the atrocities perpetrated by his superiors. The unlikely pair form a delicate friendship as they struggle to restore some normalcy to their hellishly bleak existence. By chance Mertens one day encounters Bruckner, his former Nazi commander, who has not only readjusted to civilian life but seems to have economically benefited from his wartime command
Leti︠a︡t zhuravli The cranes are flying
by Mikhail Kalatozov
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5 editions published between 1957 and 1996 in Russian and held by 108 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Story of youthful love shattered by war. Two young lovers, Boris and Veronica, are certain they will marry and live happily ever after until Boris volunteers for the army
The sea gull Chaĭka
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in Russian and held by 102 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Depicts the languid melancholia of an isolated country estate in 19th century Russia
Lev Tolstoĭ Leo Tolstoy
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2 editions published in 1984 in Russian and held by 88 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Film traces the turbulent life of one of the greatest writers of the 19th century, Leo Tolstoy. We follow his life from childhood through his stormy marriage and up to his death
Maĭi︠a︡ Pliset︠s︡kai︠a︡
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3 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 78 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Prima ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, of the Bolshoi Ballet, is the subject of this documentary. Contains some rare films of her as a child, and highlights from Swan lake, Sleeping beauty, Spartacus, Romeo and Juliet, Dying swan, Raymonda, Stone flower, Don Quixote, and other ballets
Bakenbardí Sidewhiskers
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1 edition published in 1992 in Russian and held by 73 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The Pushkin Club is a group of reactionaries who affect 19th century dress and want to remove from Russia "the scum of Western influence." In this original, biting satire a warning about the rise of militarism and fascism in Russia is sounded
Idi i smotri Come and see
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3 editions published between 1985 and 2001 in Russian and held by 72 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The horrific and harrowing experiences of a young boy coming of age during the brutal German occupation of Byelorussia during the Great Patriotic war
Ambavi Suramis tsikhitsa The Legend of Suram fortress
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1 edition published in 2001 in Georgian and held by 72 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Ashik Kerib: Tale of a lovelorn musician, his travels and travails, and the eventual restoration of his mother's eyesight as well as his winning the hand of his intended. Done in a highly stylized, theatrical fashion
Fifty years of Soviet cinema 1917-1967
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1 edition published in 1967 in English and held by 70 WorldCat member libraries worldwide more
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Alexander,--Grand Duke of Vladimir, Aristocracy (Social class) Atrocities Belarus Children Courtship Dictators Europe--Carpathian Mountains Europe--Carpathian Mountains Region Ex-concentration camp inmates Ex-Nazis Exploration of outer space Female friendship German Occupation of Belarus (1941-1944) Germany Germany--Berlin Human-alien encounters Hutsuls--Social life and customs Kot︠s︡i︠u︡bynsʹkyĭ, Mykhaĭlo, Lake Peipus, Battle of (1242) Laziness Life on other planets Love Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Marriage Motion pictures Motion pictures, Russian Motion pictures, Soviet Operas Outer space Persecution Repentance Revolution (Russia : 1905-1907) Russia Russia (Federation)--Moscow Russia (Federation)--Siberia Russian language Sleep Social history Soviet Union Teutonic Knights Totalitarianism Tragedy Ukraine Ukraine, Western Vendetta Veterans World War (1939-1945) Young women
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Alternative Names
Sovéksportfilm
Sovėksportfilʹm, Vsesoi︠u︡znoe obʺedinenie
Sovexportfilm G.m.b.H.
Sovexportfilm GmbH
Soviet Union. Sovėksportfilʹm
Vsesoi︠u︡znoe obʺedinenie Sovėksportfilʹm
Vsesojuznoe Kinoob''edinene "Sovéksportfilm" (SSSR)
Всесоюзное Кинообъединение "Совэкспортфильм" (СССР)
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